Pocahontas

Jean Johnson, who owned the J&J Bait Shop in Manchester, died July 15. She was 87. For nearly 25 years, the Johnson family sold bait to fishermen out of their basement at 233 Center St. For part of that time, the shop was open 24 hours a day. If someone buzzed the intercom, a member of the family would get up and make the sale, no matter what the hour was. "Anybody who came to our house was always welcome," said Linnea Klim, Johnson's daughter. "The coffee pot was always on." But for Jean Johnson, running a bait shop took a little getting used to. The shop was run by Johnson, her husband, Raymond, and their son, John. It opened in 1966, and became popular...

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